Factors Affecting the Interest of Perimenopausal Women at Age 40–50 in Participating Posbindu in Public Health Centre Pangikiran, North Padang Lawas Regency 2021

Abstract

Abstract. The elderly in women is identical to the climacteric period, namely the transitional period between the premenopausal and postmenopausal phases. This study aims to determine the factors that influence the interest of perimenopausal women aged 40–50 years in participating in posbindu at UPTD Pangirkiran Public Health Center North Padang Lawas Regency in 2021. The type of research used in this study was a correlational analytic survey with a cross sectional study approach. The research location was at the Pangirkiran Public Health Center North Padang Lawas Regency in 2021. The population and sample in this study were all perimenopausal women aged 40–50 years who visited the Posbindu Pangirkiran Health Center in North Padang Lawas Regency asmany as 89 samples. The results showed that the relationship between knowledge (P = 0.036), family income (P = 0.768) and husband’s support (P = 0.026). The conclusion is that husband’s knowledge and support that are related to posbindu interest, while family income has no relationship to Posbindu interest. Suggestions for perimenopausal women at aged 40–50 years to be able to consume foods that are high in phytoestrogens such as tofu, tempeh and soy milk